Benjamin Doyle

Benjamin Doyle

Design Engineer · Brisbane, Australia

Profile

Design engineer who closes the gap between Figma and production React. I design interfaces from first principles, validate them directly with users, then build and ship the code myself — including the APIs and data models underneath. I don't hand work over the wall.

Most of my recent work sits at the intersection of product design and engineering: analytics dashboards, complex workflows reduced to simpler surfaces, and data-rich interfaces that make operational decisions faster and clearer. At MediCann I built the analytics layer from scratch — event tracking, dashboards, and operational reporting — alongside the patient-facing journeys that drive it. At easykind I designed the Practitioner Portal in Figma from first principles, validated it directly with clinicians, then partnered on implementation through APIs, code review, and the component patterns needed to carry the design system into production.

I use AI tools as part of my daily workflow. I have a strong bias toward shipping iteratively and learning over long design phases, and I work best in environments where the product is still being shaped and ownership is high.

Key Skills

Interface Design & Prototyping
  • Figma wireframes, high-fidelity flows, and developer-ready specs
  • Turning messy workflows into simple, usable product surfaces
  • Rapid prototyping and design critique with PMs and stakeholders
Full-Stack Delivery
  • Production React, TypeScript, Next.js, APIs, and data-backed feature delivery
  • End-to-end ownership from concept through release across UI and platform layers
  • Shipping quickly with strong attention to states, details, performance, and maintainability
Dashboards, Data & Components
  • Analytics dashboards and data visualisations that make operational data clear and actionable
  • Design systems and reusable component libraries built to scale
  • Event tracking, data models, and APIs that connect the front end to real platform behaviour
Discovery, AI & Shipping
  • Direct customer and operator discovery to validate workflows before building
  • AI-first approach to research, prototyping, and implementation — using tools daily to move faster
  • Strong bias to ship: from rough idea to production in days, not quarters

Work Experience

MediCann

Alternative healthcare technology company.

Technology Director

February 2025 - Present

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · Hybrid / Remote

NextJS React Salesforce

MediCann’s first technology hire. I own design, technology delivery, analytics, and systems architecture end to end without a design, platform, or data team.

I am introducing big changes and new systems to help with information architecture, interaction flows, and booking journeys designed from scratch in Figma, then built and shipped in code. Every decision is grounded in what patients need to understand, trust, and act on.

In parallel, I am designing and building the analytics layer from zero: event tracking schemas, data models, operational dashboards, and the reporting structures needed to expose drop-off, appointment flow, utilisation, and commercial bottlenecks. The interface had to turn raw operational data into clear, actionable signals.

easykind

Alternative healthcare technology company.

#18 LinkedIn Top Startups 2025

Technology Director

November 2025 - January 2026

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · Hybrid / Remote

Vue GoLang Salesforce GCP

I led a hands-on transformation of the product and platform experience, working closely with operations, clinical teams, and leadership to remove friction from core workflows. Although the title was senior, the work remained highly practical: unblocking delivery, improving product quality, strengthening technical foundations, and helping teams move faster.

I focused on data integrity, decision support, and the systems behind reliable customer and practitioner experiences. Working with the Head of Data and Strategy, I helped establish cleaner operating foundations so product decisions were informed by better signals rather than assumptions.

Practitioner Product Manager

September 2025 - November 2025

Worked directly with clinicians to understand how consultations, follow-up, and day-to-day administration actually happened — then translated those patterns into wireframes, requirements, and workflow decisions. Discovery first, build second.

Designed the first Practitioner Portal in Figma from scratch: a messy clinical workflow turned into a clean, usable product surface. Then partnered closely on implementation — front-end code, APIs, code review, architecture, and the component patterns that formed the foundation of the design system. Design and engineering, no handoff.

Senior Software Engineer

July 2025 - September 2025

I joined a fast-moving team and contributed across product shaping, front-end delivery, backend systems, and overall platform design as the business changed quickly around us. I looked for ways to turn loosely defined needs into maintainable features without slowing the team down.

I improved access controls and tightened system configuration so the product was easier to operate and support. Just as importantly, I helped create a cleaner path from idea to implementation by favouring simple technical choices, clearer ownership, and interfaces that were easier for internal users to navigate.

Montu

Alternative healthcare technology company.

Deloitte Technology Fast 50 2023

Group Engineering Manager

March 2025 - June 2025

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · Remote

TypeScript React NestJS Postgres AWS

Led multiple teams across product and platform areas while staying close to architecture, APIs, data design, and the user-facing systems that mattered most. I was most effective when translating business and operational problems into a shippable technical approach.

Worked with clinical, compliance, product, and executive stakeholders to shape roadmap decisions around complex healthcare workflows. That cross-functional work strengthened my ability to pressure-test ideas early and balance user needs, delivery speed, and technical integrity.

Mentored managers and engineers while remaining hands-on in code review, production issue resolution, and technical decisions for interface-heavy features.

Engineering Manager / Technical Lead

September 2023 - March 2025

Led a product engineering team while remaining actively involved in feature development, API design, database design, and production support. I treated management as a way to improve delivery quality, not as a step away from hands-on work.

I introduced lightweight rituals such as retrospectives, sprint planning, pair programming, and code reviews, and created an epic ownership model that gave engineers more autonomy. The result was a team that could move faster with clearer accountability and better product judgement.

Senior Software Developer

April 2023 - September 2023

Built and improved software in a rapidly scaling healthcare environment where maintainability and extensibility were becoming business-critical. I contributed across the stack, helping evolve code and product flows so the platform could support more patients, more roles, and more operational complexity.

Expedia

Global travel technology company powering billions of trips annually.

Software Engineer III (iOS Native)

April 2022 - April 2023

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · In-Office

Swift SwiftUI UIKit iOS

Moved into native iOS development and ramped quickly despite having no prior mobile experience, which reflects how I tend to work in unfamiliar domains: learn fast, ship, and close gaps directly. I contributed to customer-facing travel experiences where polish, performance, and reliability mattered at scale, adding mobile depth to an already broad full-stack background.

Software Engineer I→II→III

September 2017 - April 2022

Java Kotlin Spring Boot GraphQL TypeScript React

Built full-stack systems across backend and frontend in a high-traffic, multi-team environment, shipping customer-facing features at scale. The work gave me a strong foundation in turning complex platform and data problems into reliable product behaviour.

I was also seconded into a data engineering team, working on big-data pipelines and ML-backed APIs used across the organisation. That experience improved how I think about instrumentation, data models, and the interface decisions required to make complex data useful.

More granular experience details available on request.

Selected Projects

MotivationMap.me - Interactive motivation mapping product

Zero-to-one product: concept, interaction model, and visual design done end to end, then built and shipped.

  • Designed from first principles — no template, no hand-off, just problem to production.
  • Interactive data visualisation with shareable outputs, built on top of the application logic needed to make it genuinely useful.

ShakkaShuffle - Collaborative planning poker product

Lightweight real-time collaboration tool with a distinct visual personality, shipped fast.

  • Took a rough idea to a live, working product in days — design, front end, and real-time back end.
  • Built to be simple enough that users get it immediately, with the full-stack decisions underneath to make it reliable.

More shipped UI, prototypes, and side projects on my website.

Education

University of Queensland

Graduate Certificate in Information Technology